Valve.



U. E. DAVEY.

VALVE. V

APPLIOATION PIIJEUJUNE 16,jl909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910 '20 3c s; X

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

VALVE.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed June 16, 1909'. Serial No. 502,436.

To all whom 'it may concern: i

Be it known that I, CHARLEs E. DAVEY, a citizen of the United-States of America, residing at Detroit,in the county and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification,- reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to valves, and to an arrangement thereof especially adapting them to use under high pressures, and permitting rapid adjustment or take up to prevent leakage under such pressures.

The inventionconsists in the matters hereinafter set .forth and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in" longitudinal section of a valve embodying features .of the invention; Fig. 2 is a view in section on line ww of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a view in detail of a valve spindle; Figs. 4:

I and 5 are views in detail of a valve closure;

Fig. 6 is a. view in elevation: of a closure cage;F1g. 7 1s a view 111 section on buoy-y of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a view in detail of a cage bushing.

Referring. to the drawings, a casing l of suitable design and material, fitted at the ends in theiusual manner for connection with pipes,has ananliular lateral flange 2 in"- axial "ailinementwith a "circular openingin a diaphragm 3 dividin the interior of t the casing. A c lindrica cage '4 has a just above the collar 5.

flanged collar 5 etachably secured in its lower end andadapted to be seated in the opening of the diaphragm 3 which is counterbored to receive it, ribs 6 on the cage-en gaging lugs 7 on the casing to prevent rotatachably secured in the flange 2, retains the. cage in position. V The closure 'stem 10 has an axial aperture in its upper'end with a screw thread of'comparatively coarse pitch, preferably left handed, which is engaged by the correspondingly threaded end 13 of a spindle 14;

of Wayne stem 14, the ha.

y apertured upper end of the A bonnet 15 adapted to be screw-threaded onto OrotherWise detachably secured over the flange'2 as a housing for the cage, has an annular beveled flange 16in which a correspondingly formed collar 17 of the spindle 14 is rotatably seated. The housing which is adapted as indicated at 18 for the application of a wrench, has a cylindrical extension 19 of s uflicient' length to form a bearing for a depending hub 20 of a hand wheel 21, and permit the introduction of a considerable body of packing 22 around the packing being preferably'metal- The hub 20 is apertured to non-rotatably reciprocate on a square polygonal, or splined portion 23 of the spindle. The hand wheel and hub'are 'yieldingly forced against the packing 22 by a spring washer 24. seated 1n a counterbored recess on the outer face'of thehand-wheel and compressed by a nut 25 screw-threaded on to the spindle and an annular flange 26 'on the nut extendin through the washer 24mm a counterbore guideaperture of the'wheel hub: By. this arrangement of parts the operating spindle of the valve closure does not reciprocate 1 through the packing and" this, in conjunc- (ground joint obtainable betion' with the tween the spin le collar and bonnet flange, reduces liability to leakage even under heavy pressure. Furthermore, the adjusting nut is outside the hand wheel and is instantly accessible. If the nut is turned down too far, so that the spindle sticks, it may be slacked away slightly and the ringwasher- ,retains the. packing with sufficient force to prevent leakage. The accessibility of the parts and the ease'with which they may be properly machined, fitted and assembled, are also-valuable features of'the invention.

Obviously, details of construction. may be changed wlthoutde arting from the spirit -of the inventibn, an I do not limit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

1; A valve comprising a casing having a transverse. apertured diaphragm and a laterally extending annular flange -111 substant-ially axial alinement with; the diaphragm aperture, a cage removably secured on the, diaphragm aperture and provided with a valve seat and lateral openings above the seat, a closure for the cage seat, nonrotatable and longitudinally reciprocable in '-Havingthus fully described my invention *what Iclaim is:

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- transverse apertured diaphragm and a laterally extendin annular flange in substantially axial afinement with the diaphragm aperture, a cage re movably-secured on the diaphragm aperture and provided with a valve seat and lateral openings abovethe seat, a closure for the cage seat, non-rotatable and longitudinally reciprocable in the cage, a spindle having an inner end in screwthreaded engagement with the closure, a

thrust collar on the spindle,a bonnet detachably secured on the casing fiange'as a housing for the cage and spindle,and provided with an inner annular flange engaging the spindle collar, a hand-wheel provided with a hub extending into the outer end of the housing in non-rotatable, sliding engagement with the spindle, a body of packing around the spindle between the hub and s indle collar, and adjusting means to yieldingly torce the hand-wheel hub against the packlngfi; w

3. A valve comprising a casing having a transverse apertured diaphragm and a laterall extending annular flange in substantia ly axial alinement with the diaphragm aperture, a cage removably secured on the diaphragm aperture ,and provided with a valve seat and" lateral openings above the seat, a closure for-the cage seat, non-rotatable and longitudinally reciprocable in the cage,

a spindle having an inner end -in'screw-' threaded engagement with the closure, a

thrust collar on the spindle, a bonnet detaohably secured on the casing flange as a housing for the cage and the spindle collar, a hand-wheel provided with a hub extending into the outer end of the housing in nonrotatable, sliding engagement with the spindle, a nut longitudinally adjustable on the outer end of the spindle, and a sprin washer in compression between the nut an the wheel hub. r

4:. A valve comprising acasing having a transverse, apertured dlaphragm and a laterally extending annular flange in substan- 'tially axial alinement with the diaphragm aperture, a closure cage removably secured' on the diaphragm aperture and provided with an apertured seat and lateral openings above the seat, a closure for the cage seat, non-rotatable and longitudinally reciprocathe wheel hub. 6. A valve comprising a casing'divided ble in the cage, a spindle Whose inner end is in screw-threaded engagement with anaperturein the upper end of the closure, .a

thrust collar on the spindle, a bonnet detachably secured on the casing flangev as a cylindrical extension concentric with the spindle, and with an inner flange in contact with the outer face of the spindle thrust collar, a hand'wheel having a hub in nonrotatable, sliding engagement with the spindle and rotatable, sliding engagement with the bonnet extension, forming withth'e latter a stuffing adjustable on the outer-end of the'spindle, and a spring encircling the spindle in c0Ii1- pression between'the nut and the wheel hub.

5. A valve comprising "a casing divided by a transverse diaphragm having a circular aperture withcounterbored rim, and a lateral, annular flange in axlal alinement with the diaphragm aperture, a cylindrical, laterally apertured' cage having a detachable, annular valve seat on as inner end resting on the counterbored rim of, the diaphragm aperture, a bushin detachably engaging the casing flange an bearing against the .upper end of the cage, a closure in the cage whose lower end is adapted to engage the seat and whose upper end has non-rotatable, sliding-engagement with the cage, lugs on the interior of the casing interlocking with the ribs on the cage, a spindle whose inner end is in screw-threaded engagement with the closure, a thrust collar on the spindle, a bonnet detachably secured on the casin box for the spindle, a nut flange asa housing for thev cage and spmdle, and provided withan" inner, annular flange engagin the spindle collar, a hand-wheel provide with a hub extending into the outer end of the hous' in non-rotatable sliding engagement "wit L thespind'le, a nut longitudinally adjustable on the outer end of the spindle, and a sprin Washer 1n compressionbetween the nut an by a transverse diaphragm having a circular flange, in axial alinement with the diaphragm aperture, a cylindrical, laterally apertured cage having a detachable, annu-. lar. valve seat on its inner end resting on the counterbored rim of the diaphragm aperture, a bushing detachably enga ing the casing flange and bearing against't e upper end of the cage, a closure in the cage whose lower end is adapted to engage the seat and whose upper en has non-rotatable, sliding engagement with the cage, lugs on the interior of the casin interlocking with ribs on the cage, a s in e whose inner end is in screW-threade enga ement withan aperture in the upper endo the closure, a beveled thrust collar on the spindle,"abonnet detachably, secured on the casing flange as a hous- 70 a housing for, the casing, and provldedwlth i ing for the casing and provided with a adjust-able on the outer end of the spindle, 10 cylindrical extension concentric with the and a spring encircling the spindle in comspindle and with an inner beveled flange in pression between the nut and the Wheel hub. contact with the'bevel face of the spindle i In testimony whereof I affix my signature thrust collar, a handwheel having a hub in I in presence of two witnesses.

non-rotatable sliding engagement with the CHARLES E. DAVEY. spindle and rotatable, sliding engagement-l 'lVit-nesses: t with the bonnet extension, forming with the C. R. STICKNEY,

latter a stntfing box for the spindle, a nut- AL M. SHANNON. 

